Martin Scorsese Moving Out From Behind the Camera for New Documentary Series MR. SCORSESE at Apple TV+
Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Aviator, The Departed, Killers of the Flower Moon) is set to be the subject of the upcoming documentary series, Mr. Scorsese, at Apple TV+. Rebecca Miller, the filmmaker behind Personal Velocity: Three Portraits and She Came To Me, is to direct the five-part series for the streamer.
Miller, daughter of playwright Arthur Miller and photographer Inge Morath, and wife of Scorsese collaborator Daniel Day-Lewis, has gained exclusive, unrestricted access to Scorsese’s private archives.
Mr. Scorsese is anchored by extensive conversations with the filmmaker himself and never-before-seen interviews with friends, family, and creative collaborators including Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader, Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Jay Cocks and Rodrigo Prieto, along with his children, wife Helen Morris and close childhood friends.
It will explore how his own colorful life experiences informed his artistic vision from student films at New York University such as The Big Shave, Who’s That Knocking At My Front Door – his first feature-length film, through to his classics starting with Mean Streets and his more recent work.
Mr. Scorsese originated with Miller, whose Angela won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and Personal Velocity won an Independent Spirit Award, and Damon Cardasis at Round Films and Miller’s longtime creative collaborator Cindy Tolan.
The trio exec produce alongside Rick Yorn, Christopher Donnelly and Julie Yorn. Ron Burkle produces. Robert Fernandez and Patrick Walmsley co-executive produce. The series is presented by Expanded Media and Round Films in association with LBI Entertainment and Moxie Pictures.
“I am so grateful to have been given the artistic freedom and access to create a cinematic portrait of one of our greatest living artists, Martin Scorsese,” said Miller.
“His work and life are so vast and so compelling that the piece evolved from one to five parts over a five-year period; crafting this documentary alongside my longtime collaborators has been one of the defining experiences of my life as a filmmaker.”
This sounds like it will be a fascinating look at the iconic filmmaker.
via: Deadline